When you say they don't "feel" like Topre is that in a bad way?
One of the reasons I haven't jumped into Topre waters is because of the lack of compatible caps. I guess it would be a good way to stop spending money on keyboards though--buying an HHKB would certainly mean I just keep the caps stock with maybe just the modifiers being different caps or something.
Just curious to know how considerably different Topre is with MX sliders and keycaps versus stock. I know until I try it I won't understand but humor me anyway =)
Yeah, I'd say it's different in a bad way. I've heard of people who say that they don't mind swapped sliders, but I've never heard of anyone who's said that they prefer it.
MX sliders tend to be wobbly. The JTK sliders are a bit more wobbly than the NVT sliders. I haven't yet seen a comparison with the RF RGB sliders, but I'm interested.
After owning my HHKB for a while, I've kinda lost some desire to run custom caps. You could dye HHKB caps to different colors, but the options are definitely limited. The good thing is that the default keycaps are decent enough if you get an aftermarket PBT spacebar.
Like I said, my NovaTouch felt terrible. I was lucky enough to find someone who was willing to trade me a FC660C, which is much better. I think I could have improved the NovaTouch if I had added silencing rings on it (HyperSpheres) but I disliked it too much to want to spend any more money on it.